New Door or New Hinges?

SammoSammo · 4 Sep 2020

Hi Everyone, I've moved into an old house where a bedroom door won't close. I would say it's sagged but the gap is so big I'm not sure if it's beyond repair / needs cutting or just requires new hinges. I'd like to keep the door and strip the paint off since I think it's the original 1950s door but if it's beyond repair I guess it's farewell.

blup · 4 Sep 2020

The doors look nice and worth keeping.

You could first remove or sand the paint which may in itself relieve the sticking. Or, if not, go on to (power) plane the sticking edge.

You could also try tightening/loosening up the hinges, using new wood screws if appropriate, which can adjust the positioning of the door relative to the frame. A piece of card behind the hinge can achieve the same by pushing one part of the door out, and in turn bring in the part in line with the other hinge.

Blup

big-all · 4 Sep 2020

the only times i have seen that big a gap is a recycled door or the hinge side is on a central wall and the new concrete tiles on the roof transferring load onto the wall now having dropped with the extra weight
or indeed alterations to walls down stairs

Doug99 · 4 Sep 2020

There appears to be a crack in the wall. Could the frame have sagged/twisted out of square?

StephenStephen · 5 Sep 2020

I can't see anything wrong with the door.
It does look like the frame has moved.
Is the door binding on the hinges or catching on the closing edge?
You can glue and screw pieces to the door if you need to (make sure you recess the screws enough for final planing).

SammoSammo · 7 Sep 2020

Doug99 said:
There appears to be a crack in the wall. Could the frame have sagged/twisted out of square?

Wow good spot, there is a crack there.

SammoSammo · 11 Sep 2020

StephenStephen said:
I can't see anything wrong with the door.
It does look like the frame has moved.
Is the door binding on the hinges or catching on the closing edge?
You can glue and screw pieces to the door if you need to (make sure you recess the screws enough for final planing).

I've been embarrassingly googling what binding on hinges mean but my door doesn't even close fully on the hinges so I'm not sure!

StephenStephen · 11 Sep 2020

SammoSammo said:
I've been embarrassingly googling what binding on hinges mean but my door doesn't even close fully on the hinges so I'm not sure!

Sorry - I should have been clearer, what I was wondering is whether the position of the hinges themselves were preventing the door from closing, or whether the door hits the frame on the opposite side to the hinges.

SammoSammo · 12 Sep 2020

StephenStephen said:
Sorry - I should have been clearer, what I was wondering is whether the position of the hinges themselves were preventing the door from closing, or whether the door hits the frame on the opposite side to the hinges.

Oh I see, so the door doesn't hit the frame at all on the opposite side of the hinges because the bottom catches the floor before it can.

The position of the hinges seem fine to my but I'm not sure what I'm looking out for! I think it'll be a matter of replacing the hinges and planing the bottom of the door

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